Quilting-frame for sewing-machin es



(No Model.)

J N TOUGHSTONE QUILTING FRAME FOR SEWING MAGHINES.

ATTORNEYS WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES N. TOUCHSTONE, OF IDA, TEXAS.

QUILTING-FRAME FORSEWlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,169, dated February 24, 1891.

Application filed October 22, 1890. Serial No. 368,884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES N. ToUcHsroNn, of Ida, in the count y of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved 5 Quilting- Frame for Sewing -Machines, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in quilters; and the object of my invention is to IO produce a quilter of simple construction that I 5 easily adapt itself to the feed of any sewingmachine.

A further object of myinvention is to produce a quilter having but one supportingstandard and having the frame supported therefrom in such a manner that it is not nec' essary to make any connection between the quilter and the ceiling above.

Vith these ends in View my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate 0' corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front perspective View of the quilter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a broken sectional plan view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing the means for holdin g the quilter-rollers from turning.

A single vertical standard A, of convenient height, is mounted upon a suitable base A, and is braced by the brace a, which extends 0 from the base to the standard, and by the side braces a, which extend from opposite sides of the standard and which have terminal eyes to enable them to be attached to the floor or ground, as the case may be. At the top of the standard is an arm 13, which is securely attached thereto and which extends at right angles to the standard, said arm carryinga vertical post 0, which is connected by the braces C with the standard A, thebraces being made to pass on each side of the arm B, so that they serve as braces for the arm as well as for the post. The free end of the arm B extends beyond the vertical post 0, and a cross-beam or track D rests upon the end of the arm,the said cross-piece having its upper edge beveled, as best shown in Fig. 2, to enable it to receive a pulley, as described below. The track-D has braces D extending from points near itsopposite ends to the upper end of the post 0, the upper ends of the braces being pivoted to the post by means of a pin d, so that the track maybe tilted by the operator into any desired angle or inclination. The track D has a stop d at the front end to prevent the pulley-block from running off the track.

A pulley-block Eis suspended upon the track D, the block having a recessed upper end E, in which is pivoted agrooved pulley F, which runs upon the track D, and the block has a thickened end E through which extends vertically a bolt G, the bolt being used to pivot the cross-beam 1-1 to the block and having a nut g at its lower end to prevent the cross-beam from falling off. The bolt G aligns vertically with the pulley F, so that the frame suspended from the pulley-block will be nicely balanced.

The cross-beam H has a loop H at each end, which is preferably of metal, and extending vertically through each loop is an upright J the uprights having a series of transverse perforationsj therein, so that by means of pins j, which fit in the perforations, the uprights may be held at a desired height in relation to the cross-beam H and to the height of any sewing-machine. The uprights have loops J at their lower ends, and extending horizontally through these loops are the end pieces K of the,frame K, the end pieces being arranged to slide in the loops, so that the position of the frame may be thereby regulated and the weight of quilt kept balanced.

.The frame K has rollers K journaled in the front and rear sides thereof, the rollers extending from one end piece to the other, and a roller K is journaled on the upper sides of the end pieces and near the rear portion thereof, the said rollers K and K being adapted to support a quilt which is placed thereon in the usual manner. The rollers K have trunnions extending through the end pieces of the frame K, and the roller K has trunnions 74;, which are held in position upon the end pieces by the keepers 7t. lhe rollers K and K are also provided at one end with perforated disks k and latches 7e" are pivoted on the upper side of one of the end pieces K, so as to engage the perforations of the disks, and by turning the latches so that their bent ends will project through the perforations the disks and rollers may be held so that they will not turn.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the frame K, which supports the quilt, may be brought into any desired position, as it is pivotally suspended from the block and the suspended frame will move freely upon it, and by loosening the nut G the frame maybe rotated, whereby movement can be given to the frame in any direction, so that any pattern can be quilted on the article held by the frame.

To operate the quilter, a quilt is fastened upon the rollers in the usual manner, and if it is quilted by a sewing-machine the frame is arranged so that when the sewing-machine operates the feed of the machine will draw the quilt and frame through it, and when one row is quilted the latches le may be released from the disks 70 the quilt turned a desired distance, the latches replaced, and the operation repeated, and to facilitate the longitudinal feed the track D maybe slightly inclined.

I have not shown the application of the quilter to a sewing machine, as it is used in the ordinary way, which is well understood, the main feature of my quilterbeing its adaptation to all family sewing-machines.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A quilting-frame comprising a vertical standard, an arm extending at right angles to the standard, a vertical post mounted upon the arm and connected by braces with the standard, a track resting upon the free end of the arm and pivotally connected with the top of the post, said track having at one end a stop, as shown, a pulley-block adapted to run upon the track, and a quilt-holding frame suspended swivelly from the pulley-block, substantially as described.

2. A quilting-frame comprising a vertical standard, an arm extending laterally therefrom, a post mounted Vertically upon the arm and connected by suitable braces with the standard,.a bevel-edged single track resting upon the arm and pivotally connected with the upper end of the post, a pulley-block adapted to slide upon the track, and a quilt-holding frame adj ustably suspended from the pulleyblock, substantially as described.

3. A quilting-frame comprising a vertical standard, an arm extending laterally therefrom, a vertical post mounted on the arm and connected with the standard by braces, a track resting on the arm and having a stop at one end, braces secured to the track and pivoted to the post, a pulley-block adapted to run on the track, said block having its lower end extending beneath the track, a crossbeam swivelly connected with the pulleyblock, and a quilt-holding frame adjustably suspended from the cross-beam, substantially as described.

4. A quilting-frame comprising a vertical standard having braces to secure it to a support, an arm extending laterally from the top of the standard, a post mounted on the arm and connected with the standard by braces which embrace the arm, a single track mounted on the arm and connected with the postby braces secured to the track near opposite ends and pivoted to the upper part of the post, a pulley-block mounted on the track, and a quilt-holding frame adj ustably suspended from the pulley-block, substantially as described.

JAMES N. TOUOIISTONE.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES 1. THORNTON, WM. DEATHERAGE. 

